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Montgomery Bernard Alexander, detto Monty (Kingston, 6 giugno 1944), è un pianista giamaicano naturalizzato statunitense. Il suo pianismo, sia a livello esecutivo che compositivo, risente di una forte influenza della musica caraibica e dello swing. Tra i suoi principali ispiratori: Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Wynton Kelly e Ahmad Jamal. Monty Alexander (1965) Spunky (1965, Pacific Jazz) Alexander the Great (1965) Zing (1967, RCA) This Is Monty Alexander (1969, Verve) Taste of Freedom (1970) Here Comes the Sun (1971, MPS) We've Only Just Begun (1973, MPS) Perception (1974, MPS) Rass! - con Ernest Ranglin (1974, MPS) Love & Sunshine (1974, MPS) Unlimited Love (1975, MPS) Montreux Alexander (1976, MPS) Cobilimbo - con Ernest Ranglin (1977, MPS) Estade (1978, MPS) Jamento (1978, Fantasy) So What? (1979, The Black & Blue Sessions) The Way It Is (1979 – registrato nel 1976, MPS) Summerwind (1980, Jeton/Polygram) Monty Alexander – Ernest Ranglin (1981, MPS) Fingering (1981, Atlas) Look Up (1982) Duke Ellington Songbook (1983, MPS) Reunion in Europe (1984, Concord Jazz) Full Steam Ahead (1985, Concord Jazz) Friday Night (1987), Limetree Records Triple Treat II (1987, Concord Jazz) Ivory & Steel (1988) Triple Treat III (1989, Concord Jazz) Saturday Night (1999, Timeless) The River (1990, Concord Jazz) Live in Holland (1992, Emarcy) Caribbean Circle (1993, Chesky) Live at Maybeck (1994, Concord Jazz) Steamin' (1995, Concord Jazz) Yard Movement (1995, Island Records) Maybeck Recital Hall Series, Vol. 40 (1995, Concord) To Nat with Love (1995, Mastermix) Ivory and Steal (1996, Concord Picante) Facets (1996, Concord) – con Ray Brown & Jeff Hamilton Overseas Special (1996, Concord) – con Ray Brown & Herb Ellis Echoes of Jilly's (1997, Concord) Reunion in Europe (1997, Concord) – con John Clayton & Jeff Hamilton The Concord Jazz Heritage Series (1998, Concord Jazz) Stir It Up – The Music of Bob Marley (1999, Telarc) Threesome (1999, Soul Note) – con Grady Tate & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Ballad Essentials (2000, Concord Jazz) Island Grooves (2000, Concord Jazz) Monty Meets Sly & Robbie (2000, Telarc) Triple Treat (2001, Concord Jazz) Goin' Yard (2001, Telarc) Many Rivers to Cross (2001, Meldac) Caribbean Duet (2001, Sound Hills) – con Michel Sardaby My America (2002, Telarc) Triple Scoop (2002, Concord Jazz) – con Ray Brown & Herb Ellis Rhapsody in Blue (Telarc) Jamboree (2003, Concord) Li'l Darlin (2003, Absord Japan) Straight Ahead (2003, Concord) – con Ray Brown & Herb Ellis Steaming Hot (2004, Concord Records) Zing (2004, BMG) In Tokyo (2004, Fantasy Records) Rocksteady (2004, Telarc) – con Ernest Ranglin Live at the Iridium (2005, Telarc) Jazz Calypso (2005, JVC) Concrete Jungle: The Songs of Bob Marley (2006, Telarc) The Way It Is (2006) Impressions in Blue (2008, Telarc) The Good Life: Monty Alexander Plays the Songs of Tony Bennett (2008, Chesky) Solo (2008, Jeton) Taste of Freedom (2008, Universal Japan) Calypso Blues: The Songs of Nat King Cole (2009, Chesky) Uplift (2011, Jazz Legacy Productions) Harlem – Kingston Express Live! (2011, Motéma Music) Uplift 2 (2013, Jazz Legacy Productions) Harlem – Kingston Express, Vol 2: River Rolls On (2014) Sunday Night (2016, Timeless Records) Road Dog (2017) Wareika Hill: Rasta-Monk Vibrations (2019) Love You Madly: Live At Bubba's (2020 – registrato nel 1982, Resonance Records) Live At The Cully Select Jazz Festival 1991 (2020 – registrato nel 1991, Timeless Records) Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su Monty Alexander Sito ufficiale, su montyalexander.com. (EN) Monty Alexander, su AllMusic, All Media Network. (EN) Monty Alexander, su Discogs, Zink Media. (EN) Monty Alexander, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation. (EN) Monty Alexander, su IMDb, IMDb.com. Wikipedia